tv Verified Live BBC News June 3, 2025 3:30pm-4:01pm BST
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this is bbc news, the headlines: the un says deadly attacks around gaza aid sites may 'constitute a war crime' - as 27 people were killed when israeli troops opened fire, near the distribution centre. the bbc gains rare access to a children's refuge in sudan, as nearly four million children are acutely malnourished, with the country's civil war dragging on. after ten weeks and 73 matches - cricket's ipl final gets under way. we'll bring you the latest from india. and olivia rodrigo, neil young and the 1975 to headline, as glastonbury unveils its full line-up for this year.
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now with all the latest sport, here's sarah mulkerrins. hello. first to the french open tennis where we now know two of the women's semi-finalists in paris. triple defending champion, iga swiatek came through her quarter final against ukraine's elina svitolina in straight sets. the pole raced to the first set 6-1, but svitolina found her stride in the second, pushed all the way before she won that 7-5 to progress. and she will meet world number one aryna sabalenka who earlier made it through. she beat olympic champion zheng chinwen in a tough battle, winning the first set 7-6 on tiebreak and the second set 6-3. she's bidding for a first title in paris. the men's quarter finals are now underway. loresnso mussetti has taken the first set against francis tiafoe.
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the ipl final is not long under way right in ahmedebad, with the royal challengers bengaluru taking on the punjab kings for the title. punjab kings won the toss and elected to field. the challengers are currently 55-1. opener phil salt dismissed for 16 runs. virat kohli is at the crease - looking for a first ipl trophy at the fourth time of asking with his team. elsewhere, england are taking on west indies at the oval in the final odi - england have an unassaible 2-0 lead in the series. they won the toss and elected to bowl. the windies lost three early wickets, including their captain shai hope, out for a golden duck but they were recovering until rain halted play - at 83-3 for the tourists. the women's nations league group stage is almost complete. england know that a win against world champions spain in barcelona later will see
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them finish top of their group and book their place in the semi-finals. spain lead the group by two points and only need to avoid defeat to finish top. france and germany have booked their place in the finals. it's a mouth watering prospect and a match likely to provide an indication of form ahead of the euros which get underway on 2nd july. a difficult competition but one that is very exciting. we were so disappointed with the first edition of the nations league and that dropped us into the second seed which is difficult to get out of because it is really competitive. for us, it is a goal of ours, and another chance of silverware, history making, and as players and staff you want to lift trophies and this is another opportunity to do that. wales face their final chance to build euro 2025 momentum, with head coach rhian wilkinson admitting it's no longer good enough just to be close. wilkinson's side close out their nations league campaign against italy
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in swansea in what is wales' final fixture before the tournament in switzerland next month. already relegated from league a, wales have yet to win during the campaign. we are getting so close now but i don't want to be just gets close and i don't think do either. how far they have come he is remarkable but it is not good to be close and just a ban on the door. hopefully we can open one! -- how far they have come is remarkable. manchester united captain bruno fernandes has rejected a huge offer from saudi pro-league club al-hilal. it's believed the midfielder has spent the past few days seriously considering the deal which would have more than doubled his salary at manchester united, where he is one of the biggest earners. however, after discussing the matter with his family, fernandes has informed al-hilal he will not be joining them. after a seven-month break, star player lionel messi returned to training on monday with world champions argentina
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ahead of their south american qualifying matches against chile and colombia. messi played his last game in november last year. a muscle injury prevented him from playing in march's double-header, in which lionel scaloni's team secured their place in the next world cup. he was named mls player of the week for his contribution of two goals and three assists in the 5-1 victory over columbus crew. and that's all the sport for now. the gaza health ministry says at least 27 people have been killed and 90 injured by israeli fire while waiting for aid distribution in rafah. bbc verify's merlyn thomas has been investigating allegations of deadly incidents near one aid distribution site which is run by the gaza humanitarian foundation - a us-israeli backed aid group. across three days there have been several allegations of israeli killings of palestinians who've been heading to get aid from a distribution site in southern gaza, which israel denies. now, these claims are the latest in a string of chaotic scenes we've seen
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since the gaza humanitarian foundation, or the ghf, began their aid distribution last week. it's backed by both the us and israel and bypasses the un. so far, four distribution sites have been set up and the ghf refers to them as safe distribution sites. however, for several days it's only kept one open, here in the south near rafah. and these are big distribution centres which palestinians need to go to to collect aid. the site in question, sts one, is in an area secured by the israeli army. now, over the past few days, it's been really difficult to verify footage from these incidents near this site. eyewitness accounts from palestinians have described coming under israeli fire. several of the accounts refer to the area around this roundabout, which you'll see here on this map. this is a route that has been prescribed by the gaza humanitarian foundation as a safe corridor. and it's around this roundabout here. now, we haven't seen any video from any of the incidents
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that purport to show who's actually firing. but in some of the footage, we can hear sound of gunfire as well. now, separately, we verified this video of people running and gunfire can be heard in the background. and we've located it to a spot about half a kilometre away from the aid site, near the same roundabout that i showed you earlier. now, we can't be sure it was related to the incident which took place on tuesday morning, but it appears it's been newly published on tuesday. similarly, we can't definitively geolocate this video, but we believe it was filmed on the beach near the roundabout i showed you earlier, and it purports to show the aftermath of killings on sunday, including several dead bodies on the ground. on sunday, the israeli army initially said that findings from an initial inquiry indicate that the idf didn't fire at civilians while they were near or within the humanitarian aid distribution site, and that reports to this effect are false. but an israeli military source later said that approximately one kilometre away from the humanitarian aid distribution site,
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warning shots were fired towards several suspects who advanced towards troops. now, on tuesday, the israeli army have said they fired warning shots on suspects who they say deviated from the agreed route approximately half a kilometre from the site and then fired additional shots. we've asked the israeli army for more details about this, but they've not provided any more details. now, the situation is desperate for people on the ground who are trying to access aid, and there's been limited communication from the ghf. for example, on tuesday morning at 2:49am local time, the foundation posted an update on their official whatsapp channel simply saying, 5am in the morning. then at 4:05am, it said on its facebook page
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that the safe corridor to the sds1 site, is open from 5am. and shared this map here. now, this is the same route that the foundation had been sharing on their social media as a safe corridor to access food since thursday. they say that the idf would be in the area to secure the passage. we've approached the ghf for comment, but they've not replied yet. at bbc verify we'll be continuing to follow this story. to keep up to date with that - and everything else the team at bbc verify are working on, you can visit their live page on the bbc news website or app - they will be posting updates throughout the day. the dutch prime minister has resigned. that's after the far-right politician, geert wilders, withdrew his party's support from the country's coalition government. immigration the issue that has led to the collapse. let's cross live to speak to our correspondant anna holligan. is this a surprise? it depends who you ask. the prime minister
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has confirmed the cabinet has collapsed, and there was speculation they may try to forge on with a minority government, but they decided that is not possible. he will now head to the palace in the hague to submit his cabinet resignation to the king. how much of a surprise? coalition partners have expressed dismay and disbelief, they said that while does is putting his ego before the national interest -- said that geert wilders. the people who have been following dutch politics, it does not come as much of a surprise, because it took about seven months to put together this shaky coalition agreement with these four centre right wing parties and then it took less than a year for the whole thing to unravel. wilders wilders made this move and withdrew his party from the coalition
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because he said the other coalition parties would not sign a ten point plan which would be the toughest immigration policy ever. there was bemusement amongst the other leaders because they said, we already had an agreement within the coalition on how to handle migration, and it was one of the ministers who was tasked with the migration and asylum brief, so there is consternation and confusion, and what is interesting now, going into these snap elections which will be in the autumn, the hard right, the freedom party of wilders andy green party almost neck and neck in polling so it is difficult to get what direction the country will go in -- and the green party. this is a political gamble from wilders and we will see if it pays off. thanks for joining us.
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a convoy trying to deliver food in north darfur in sudan has come under attack, with intial reports indicating multiple casualties. the sudanese government and the paramilitary rsf accused each other of hitting the lorries. it comes as the united nations says children in sudan are facing "unimaginable suffering" in the ongoing civil war. they say close to four million children are acutely malnourished across the country. and around 730,000 are suffering life threatening severe acute malnutrition. the bbc's mohanad hashim gained rare a children's refuge and saw first-hand, first-hand, how young people are being affected by the conflict.
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sudan is facing the world's largest child displacement crisis. since independence from britain in the 1950s, generations of children have been scarred by violence and suffering. these boys and girls are no exception. of the 15 million people who have been displaced during the current civil war, more than half of them are children, like those at this school-cum-housing shelter. the walls here still bear the scars of a rocket attack by the rapid support forces last year. children were playing football and preparing for a dance festival that fateful saturday morning. translation: i looked and there was a lot of dust, something had hit me here. i ran inside. there was blood coming from my head and my arms and everywhere. when i wanted to move i touched my leg and found my hand full of blood. i touched it again and found a deep wound, and then i did not feel anything. i don't know if i was conscious or not. i didn't even realise i was hit. amna, the shelter's supervisor lost one of her sons, 12-year-old hamed. translation: my son died in the evening.
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another boy died the next morning. my son, he was a kind boy, he was good to everyone, to his friends, to elderly women. what are the children here who survived the attack feeling, how are they today? most of the kids are terrorised. we used to have a vibrant yard with kids, men, women altogether. now, since the strike, no one leaves their room. if they hear a gunshot, the kids will run. it's an all-too-familiar story for the millions of children caught up in this conflict. the scars of this war have disrupted their education, they have all been displaced from other parts of the city to come here for safety. according to their mothers and parents, many of these children suffer from nightmares and post-traumatic stress.
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in addition, the united nations children's agency unicef says even the most basic needs are not being met. it has called the situation across sudan a children's crisis. at the shelter, some of the children chat about their favourite football teams. despite everything they have been through, they still have hopes and dreams. but if sudan is to heal, this generation needs peace. mohanad hashim, bbc news, omdurman. around the world and across the uk,
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challengers bengaloru take on the punjab kings. kohli verses iyer. the only guarantee is that it will be a first time winner, with both these sides missing out in the past. t20 cricket of course is the most lucrative form of cricket there is. these are some of the supporters on their way in. cheering joining us now is aatif nawaz, cricket commentator. thanks for joining us. this is a huge event, so set the scene because it is not the final but many people predicted at the beginning. we are guaranteed a new champion, that is right. ricky ponting has reformed the punjab kings, revitalised on, they are in their first final win over a
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decade. very big stage for them. the royal challengers bangalore opposite them, and virat kohli, the one trophy that has eluded him in his career, the ideal trophy. he has won the double everything you can imagine -- he has won everything you can imagine but the one he is missing is the ipo trophy, and he's one of the most popular players in the world so i'm sure he will want to win this one -- ipo trophy. the punjab kings have been very exciting to watch during the course of the season. eight times they have scored over 200 runs but when they collapse, boy, do they collapse. and yet when you look at who they are opposing, overuse the collapse goes, the former has not worked, virat kohli and others, but now they have stripped it
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back. the royal challengers bangalore have got virat kohli, the team is pulled off the back of him, they have experimented with so many different combinations with various players, just looking for the golden 11. they have had glenn maxwell, so many different combinations. the one constant has been virat kohli. he has been there all along and the team is very much built around him. punjab kings have a very fresh look, they have the inspirational captain iyer who performed beautifully in the second qualifier against the mumbai indians within incredible innings, one of the best in the history of the competition, to get them into the final. they have very exciting players as well, very hard-hitting power hitting batsman in seeing the -- in
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singh so there is a lot of box office talent. in terms of the principal players, virat kohli and iyer, there has been needle between them? they have been team-mates for india many times before, but this is a different pressure and adrenaline, that is coursing through them, and they are really motivated, and so much pressure attached step iyer has done it before, winning the ipl multiple times but he would like to do this with the punjab kings to keep his wrongdoing. he was the best indian player during the champions trophy campaign which ended up in victory, and virat kohli is right, you will never be too far behind him in terms of high performing players, but there is a competitive rivalry,
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maybe something that has been blown out of proportion by the stakeholders, but i wouldn't read too much into it and i'm sure there will be handshakes at the end of it. t20, the value of it, just winning the final, what is it thought to be worth? enormous. the interest in the team, and all of these teams drawn profit because of the huge fan bases and the ability to monetise the licences they have from the ipl. the league is one of the most lucrative in the world. only behind a handful. 12 arteta is even more lucrative than the english premier league -- morata -- pro rata. it also comes with a lot of prestige,
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and that is what is appealing to the players a lot more right now. i'm sure you are absolutely right. thanks for joining us. thanks for setting it up so perfectly. with just three weeks to go, the glastonbury festival has unveiled its full line-up and stage times for this year. olivia rodrigo, neil young and the 1975 will headline the pyramid stage. other highlights include charli xcx, rod stewart and wolf alice. but some slots are marked "tba", with rumoured guests including lady gaga and pulp. with me is mark savage. we can go through who is on the list first of all. everybody breaks out their spreadsheet and starts to work out what time the artists are on stage and how they will see their favourites, and some really big clashes. there is charlie xcx
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and she is on at the same time as the biggest break-out star in hip-hop coming from florida in america. also at the same time, the scissor sisters and also on at the same time as neil young, so a big clash of artists. lastly fans will be poring over the schedules, working out who they will see when -- glastonbury fans put up miles to walk between some of these stages. you describe the spreadsheet very well, and they have got to work out the tbas. every year at glastonbury, i remember it was definitely david bowie doing a secret set, and then it was definitely daft
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punk, although we will not get to see either of those any more. they say band called patchwork who are third on the bill on the pyramid stage on saturday night, and i have looked at this on the internet. they are a cover band from london and presumably given they have only got 54 followers, that is not who is really playing the pyramid stage. the best guess is pulp who have reformed and are doing some festivals over the summer so maybe they will come back to the pyramid stage where they headlined in one of the best headline sets ever 30 years ago. we also have the likes of haim and lady gaga. but she has a world tour starting in america in july so i'm not sure she will come over here a week before that, but you never
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know. neil young is playing but previously he has not allowed the television broadcaster to actually fill the whole set. so what happened last time and what is going to happen this time? he pulled out of glastonbury before he was announced at the end of last year, he said the festival was under the corporate control of the bbc. and it was not the way he remembered it. he was objecting to the fact that usually a headliner has their whole performance streamed and broadcast. the last time he played, he allowed the bbc to show five songs, and i think that is probably the same situation we will end up with. he is one of those artists who wants fans to experience it in a moment. i love that you are playing detective, trying to work these things out. we are going to take a short break. we will have all the latest
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live from london. this is bbc news. the un says - deadly attacks - around gaza aid sites may 'constitute a war crime' - as 27 people were killed, when israeli troops opened fire, near the distribution centre. the tragedy of the toll is that they are faced between starvation or taking this track actually to get shot. german detectives - begin fresh searches in portugal - for madeleine mccann - 18 years after her disappearance. ukraine carries out another sabotage attack - damaging the crimea bridge, linking russia to the occupied peninsula. and... this is the scene live in seoul, where lee jae-myung is projected to take a comfortable win in south korea's snap presidential election.
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